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WED ST A ES nonnar-wnnonnaoox, or MAYSVILLE, e-nons nif ADJUSTABLE LINT AND BRUSH BOARD.

Application filed December 3 1, 1921. Serial No. 526,311.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Bonner lV. HAUL BROOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Maysville, in the county of Banks and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Adjustable Lint and Brush Board, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide a novel form of lint plate for a cotton gin, the plate being so constructed that it will withstand wear, and will be eifectivefor removing the cotton from the brush, and be capable of adjustment toward and away from the brush.

. t is within. the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

7 With the above and other objectsin view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combina tlon and arrangement of parts and in the Y details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope'of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in vertical section, a portion of a cotton gin equipped with a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a section on the line 2'2 of Figure 1; F igure 3 isa section taken approximately on the line 33 of Figure 2; and Figure 4: is a perspective view showing the lint plate.

In the drawings there is shown the frame 1 of a cotton gin, gin saws 2 being ournaled in the frame 1, and a rotary brush 3 being journaled in the frame, the lint flue appearing at all as usual. The top member of the flue 4 is denoted by the numeral 5 and moving the lint from the brush 3.- This device, generally, is in the form of a fixed board, and is subject to several disadvantages. First, after the gin has been in use for a period or" time, -more or less extended, it becomes necessary to set the brush 3 up toward the gin saws 2, and when the brush is set up toward the gin saws the brush is moved away from the top member 5 of the flue 4, and away from whatever instrumen tality is provided, on the top member 5, for p removing the lint from the brush 3.

Further, the lint removing means which is generally in. the form of a board, becomes worn, and tends to cause the cotton to hang and choke up the lint'fiue 4i,

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a lint plate 6, preferably made of metal and includin a bod 7 there bein b l h a lip 8 projecting fronr the body, at an obtuse angle, to the body,'the lip carrying a flange 9 disposed approximately at right angles to the body 7, the lip and the flange defining an angle 10.] Openings 11 are formedin the. body 7 of the lint plate .6

and are adapted to register with elongated slots 12 in the top member 5 of the flue 4:, the

openings and the slots being adapted to receive' clamping devices, such as bolts 14;, 3

whereby the lint plate may be held in position, as shown in Figure 10f the'drawings,

It will be obvious thatthe lint plate 6 can be adjusted toward and away from the brush 3, as occasion may demand. Further, the lint plate 6, being made of metal, will notbecome worn and hold the cotton, as is the case when an ordinary. wood board is used. The specific shape of thezlint plate, including, particularly, the lip 8 and the flange 9, makes-the lint plate. unusually effioient in detaching .the cotton from the.

rotary brush 3. p I

What is claimed is 1. A cotton gin comprising. a frame having a fine; a brush journaled on the frame and located adjacent to the flue; a lint plate, and means for securing the lint plate to the flue, the lint plate comprising a body having a downwardly inclined lip disposed at an obtuse angle to the body, the lip terminating in an upstanding flange disposed approxi-' mately at right angles to the body and ex tended circumferentially of the brush.

2. A cotton gin comprising a frame having a flue; a rotary brush journaled on the frame and disposed adjacent to the flue; a

' lint plate including a body having a downwardly inclined lip disposed at an angle to the body, the lip slanting into the flue and terminating in. a flange extended circum- 105 ferentiallyiof the brush; and means for securing the plate to the flue for adjustment;

toward and away from the brush;

3. A COtlZOII gHI' COIIIPI'ISHlg' a frame haveo f ing' a fine, a brush journaled for rotation in In testimony thet I claim the foregoing the frame and located adjacent to the flue, as my own, I have hereto affixed my signaand allin't plate seeured'tothe flue for adture in the presence of two Witnesses. justment toward and away from the brush, ROBERT W. HAULBROOK, the lint plate terminating in an upstanding Witnesses: 1

flange disposed between the upper portionof W. F. MILLER, the flue and the brush. 1 G. P. BOONE. 

